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International Ice Hockey Drills – Finland YouTube

These are videos of skills and team play done by teams from Finland.


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International Ice Hockey Drills A-B – YouTube - Pro

Below is a list of drills for individual, partner and team skills done by pro teams. The list has the name of the drill and the link to a YouTube video of the drill. The list is also on the PDF. attached at the bottom. There is also a PDF. that lists to Forum posting of the drills that have been done so far. The posting has a description, diagram and link to the video posted on this site.

A – Skating, Individual Skills

International Ice Hockey Drills A-B – YouTube - Pro


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C – Game Situation Drills YouTube – Pro

The first PDF below has the YouTube video links and the second has links to the drills I have posted on the Forum which have a description, diagram and link to a video on this site.


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D-DT-E-F-G Site and YouTube Links - Pro

These practice activities done by pro teams around the hockey world. If you click on the blue link it takes you to the YouTube video.With all of these things that you can save if you like the practice idea. When the title is not blue it is only a YouTube video link.

This posting has D-Games, DT-Transition Games, E-Shootouts and Contests, F-Skating for Fitness, G-Goaltending done by pro teams.

When the title below doesn't have a video link it is a link to a Forum posting when you open the PDF which has a description, diagram and video link as well as a pdf. that can be saved if you want to add the drill to your data base.



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T1-3 - Technical Skills YouTube - Pro

T1 – Teaching Individual Offensive Skills, T3 – Teaching Individual Defensive Skills

T coded drills focus on the DETAILS of the game. They are A and B skills taught and supervised by a coach who is focused on technique. T1 drills focus on the first game playing role of individual offensive skills and T3 on the third game playing role of individual defensive skills.


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T – Team Play Instruction – YouTube - Pro

Tactical Skills: T2 - Second game playing role of Team Offensive Skill. T4 - Fourth game playing role of Team Defensive Skill. T2-4 means both are being taught at the same time.


The first PDF. has links to the YouTube video of the drills and the second has links to the Forum postings which have a description, diagram and video link to this site of each activity. These video clips show how the game is played today with four on the attack, back pressure, strong and weak side pinch, stretch passing, diamond power play, diamond pk with a fall under, middle drive attack and many other ideas.


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International Ice Hockey Drills – YouTube Videos - Female Teams

There are about 180 practice drills and games done by college, U18, U20 and Pro female teams. There is a lot of individual skill work plus game situations and team play.

Female team drill postings with diagrams, description and video are listed in the PDF attached at the bottom of this posting.


There are two PDF.s below. The first has the YouTube links like the posting above and the second has links to the drills that have been posted in the Forum and have description, diagram and a video link on this site. There are many videos that I haven't done Forum posting for as yet.


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B4 - D Pass x 3 Point Shot – Pro

Key Points:

Pass while skating, give a target, shoot, rebound, screen and tip. Forward time the skating to be open when the D can pass.

Description:


Players leave from the middle circle and the pucks are just above the top of the circle.

1. D1 on each side get a puck from the coach.
2. F1's stretch to the blue line and F2 swing lower down the middle.
3. D1’s pass to F1’s at the far blue line.
4. F1's touch pass back to F2's who skate in, shoot, rebound, screen.
5. D1’s get another puck and pass to F3 cutting across the middle; F3’s shoot.
6. D1’s get another puck and pass to F1 who has circled back to the far wing.
7. F1’s shoot then get a puck from the corner to pass to D1.
8. D1’s follow F1 and take the pass then drag and shoot.
9. F1-F2-F3 spread across in front to screen, one time or tip a shot pass.

* F1 can also pass then cycle high and down the middle.


https://youtu.be/s7l4jLzFklA

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20160204094420608

https://www.facebook.com/518555930/videos/pcb.689108791998921/10159339969615931/


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T2 - Power Play BO-RG Sequence – Pro

Key Points:


Time the skating to be available for a pass. Move the puck up ice quickly. Be there for the touch back on the stretch pass. Enter the zone and pass back to the D on the boards. Support from all three lanes on the regroup. Any power play option can be worked on this way.

Description:

1. Power play unit breakout a puck dumped in by the coach.
2. D1 go back for the puck.
3. F1 swing to D1's forehand corner D2 other corner.
4. F2 either swing low with F1 or come across the high slot.
5. F3 stretch at the far blue line and cut across to get open or post up to touch back.
6. Move the puck up quickly and cross the blue line past the top of the circle.
7. Kick the puck back to the strong side D and set up the power play.
8. Create one scoring chance and coach blow the whistle.
9. Do a second breakout using a different pass option.
10. On the second rep first do a breakout-attack then a regroup-attack.
11. Coach spot a new puck near the far blue line for the regroup.
12. Each group of five do two breakouts then the breakout-regroup rep.

https://youtu.be/X9unAkVA1QM

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20160205105511327

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ABC's of International Hockey Curriculum: Progressive Scope and Sequence

I have just posted a ridiculous amount of coaching ideas that can be used from beginners to pro. You have to decide which exercises or games are best for your level. Ability is more important than age. Too easy bores and too difficult frustrates.

Suggested Progression:

Beginners-First Two Years of Hockey
A - Introduction to skating, puck handling, shooting.
D - Games mostly SAG.
E - Shootouts and contest.
O - Off-ice should be playing many games to develop athleticism and split vision as well as tumbling.

Third and Fourth Year
A - Skating, shoot, puck handle.
B - Introductory passing.
C - Situation drills. Mostly 1-1, 2-1
D - Games mostly SAG.
E - Shootouts and contests.
G - Goalie basics.
O - Off-ice should be playing many games to develop athleticism and split vision as well as tumbling and games that require decision making. Focus on health related fitness, muscle strength, muscle endurance, cardiovascular fitness, ideal % of body fat, flexibility and continue this at every level.

Fifth and Sixth Year
A - Skating, shoot, puck handle.
B - Passing and partner work.
C - Situation drills 1-1 to 3-3.
D - Games mostly SAG but also full ice scrimmage with rules.
DT - Introduce transition games.
E - Shootouts and contests.
G - Goalie basics crease movement, angles.
T1-T3 - Work on introductory individual offensive and defensive technique.
T2-4 - Introduce team play, breakouts, dzone coverage, forecheck, all based on 1-2-3-4-5 read and react.
O - Off-ice should be playing many games to develop athleticism and split vision as well as tumbling for body awareness and games that require decision making, introduce combatives like wrestling.

Year Seven and Eight

A - Skating, shoot, puck handle.
B - Passing and timing, partner practice ind. offensive and defensive skills.
C - Situation drills 1-1 to 5-5.
D - Games SAG and full ice team play scrimmage.
DT - Transition games.
E - Shootouts and contests.
G - Goalie training.
T1-T3 - Work on individual offensive and defensive technique.
T2-4 - Team play based on 1-2-3-4-5 and power play - penalty killing.
O - Off-ice should be playing many games to develop athleticism and split vision as well as tumbling for body awareness and games that require decision making, combatives like wrestling, competitions that separate the upper and lower body.

Year Nine and Ten (Conventional Wisdom is that it takes ten years to become really proficient at anything and my experience is that this is a true statement.)
A - Skating, shoot, puck handle.
B - Passing and timing, partner practice ind. offensive and defensive skills.
C - Situation drills 1-1 to 5-5.
D - Games SAG and full ice team play scrimmage.
DT - Transition games.
E - Shootouts and contests.
F - Quickness and agility skating.
G - Goalie training
T1-T3 - Work on individual offensive and defensive technique.
T2-4 - Team play based on 1-2-3-4-5 and power play - penalty killing.
O - Off-ice - many sports, begin core training, work on speed, agility, coordination, reaction time and power. Do circuits that use light weights, heavy sticks, Russian Box, competitions that separate the upper and lower body.

Year Eleven and Up
All of the training but learn to do everything at top speed, eliminate extra movement for efficiency. Become a player with 270 degree vision and 360 degree skills. The A and B drills are used for warm-up.

Creating a Practice Plan to Share with Your Team

I use the TC Whiteboard planning template, which is a doc. file. It enables me to copy and paste descriptions and diagrams from the pdf.s.

Practice Planning Template – TC Whiteboard

(sample practice is attached at the bottom)

I use the Word Template from Technicoach. I chose a pdf of the drill or game we will use, then copy and paste it to this template. I am posting a link to folders of pdf's and at the bottom is the word template as well as an up to date list of YouTube links to the same drills. I constantly update both the folders and the YouTube links as they are added to the data base.

https://1drv.ms/f/s!AukXg5gWoW-9hYAFVz7192QVg6jS8Q?e=m21tdx

Practice Word Template is below the list of folders.

Flow of a practice.

Have a Practice Theme with a Learning Progression.

Rotate practice themes between Game Playing Roles: (based on the stage of development as outlined above)
1 - Individual offensive skill.
2 - Team offensive skill.
3 - Individual defensive skill.
4 - Team defensive skill.


- Off-ice dynamic warm-up before practice. No static stretching on the ice at the start of practice as static stretching relaxes the muscles. This should be done off ice after practice.

- Skating edges, balance, puck control to activate both the muscles and nervous system using drills or games.

- Drills to practice the skill.

- Put the lesson learned into a game situation.

- End practice with a shoot-out or contest that goes with the practice theme.



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This is the curriculum Juhani Wahlsten and I produced for Austrian Ice Hockey. All the material posted on this site is meant to constantly update the material.

The major obstacle in most sports is that there is no consistent curriculum with a 'scope and sequence' to develop the skills, habits and game understanding to be effective players. Juhani Wahlsten and I developed this sequential program (with lots of input from the great Russian coach Vladimir Jursinov and Finnish Olympic coach Erkka Westerlund) and put it together for the Austrian Hockey Association and as a supplement to the program in Finland. The idea of this site is to continually update the material as the game changes and new practice and team play ideas are developed. Below is the original program plus links to pdf's with hundreds of new drills, games and team play ideas from all over the hockey world.

The two themes of our ABC's of International Hockey program are:

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"The Game is the Greatest Coach"


The entire curriculum was developed with these two themes in the forefront.


The ABC's of International Hockey Curriculum - Beginner to Pro


ABC's of International Hockey Level 0-1


http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=6996&topic=6996#6996

To supplement Level 0-1 these levels take drills and games coded: A1, A2, A200, B1, D2, D200, D3, D300, D4, D400, D5, D500, E1. From the Dropbox link below.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5oqoxcnk6scos66/AADRDVD5q_TXKqPA85fmESdxa?dl=0

Hockey Coaching ABC Level Two


http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=6997&topic=6997#6997

To supplement Level 2 add drills and games coded: A2, A200, B2, B200, B3, B300, B4, D1, D100, D2, D200, D3, D300, D4, D400, E1, G.


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5oqoxcnk6scos66/AADRDVD5q_TXKqPA85fmESdxa?dl=0

Hockey Coaching ABC Level Three

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=6998&topic=6998#6998

To supplement Level Three use A2, A200, A3, A300, for review, B1, B2, B200, B3, B300, B4, B400, B5, B500, B6, B600, B7, C1, C2, C3 all of the D Games, E1 all of the shoot-outs, G.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5oqoxcnk6scos66/AADRDVD5q_TXKqPA85fmESdxa?dl=0

ABC's of International Hockey Coaching ABC Level Four

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=7000&topic=7000#7000

Supplement Level 4 with A200, B3, B300, B4, B5, B500, B400, B6, B600, C2, C3, C6, C600, D1, D100, D2, D200, D4, D400, T1, T2, T3, T4, E1, F, G.


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5oqoxcnk6scos66/AADRDVD5q_TXKqPA85fmESdxa?dl=0

ABC’s of International Hockey Advanced Levels 5-6

ABC Transition Book Levels 5 and 6


http://1drv.ms/1p1vekF

Levels 5-6 focus on transition, advanced drills and team play. All of the DT transition games, B6, B600, B200, B202, C6, C600, D100, T1, T2, T3, T4, T1-3, T2-4, E1, F, G, O.


http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=7000&topic=7000#7000

Additional drills and games and all of the T1-T2-T3-T4 drills and games are in the dropbox.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5oqoxcnk6scos66/AADRDVD5q_TXKqPA85fmESdxa?dl=0

As you move through the levels into the more difficult material the beginning levels are used for warm-up and review.


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T2-4 Low 3-3 – Pro

Key Points:

Players line up at the top of the circles and play a low 3 on 3. Defender pass to the coach if they get the puck. You can break into two groups and have all of the players attack and defend.

Description:

1. Three forwards vs. two D and one F.
2. Start with the coach passing to one of the attacking forwards.
3. Defenders cover one attacker each and stay on the defensive side.
4. Closest defender be aggressive and have ‘stick on the puck and body on body’ positioning on F1.
5. Second closest be within a stick length of the second attacker F2.
6. Third closest be half way to their F3 and pressure if he gets a pass.
7. Return to the mid-slot if you lose your man.
8. Attackers cycle and change the point of attack by passing behind the net.
9. Attackers rotate so there is always a high F3 ready to shoot or backcheck.

* D1 make the original challenge when the puck is in the corner.

* F1 defend if the puck is at the hash or high slot and D2 start from the slot.


http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20160211085603682

https://youtu.be/7F5CwkD9kF4

https://www.facebook.com/518555930/videos/pcb.688272892082511/10159336977335931/

The progression for 3 on 3 principles practice in this drill transfer to any 3 on 3 SAG or a full ice scrimmage. i.e. Quick transition game of 3 on 3.


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C3 - RG 2-0 RG 2-1 – Pro

Key Points:

Pass while skating. Give a target. Game like support with one forward in the middle lane and one in the strong side lane and don’t cross. One touch pass as much as possible. Forwards finish the attack and work to score a goal.

Description:


1. Forwards wait on each side inside the blue line and D on one side in the middle.
2. F1-F2 leave from one end and regroup with D1 at one blue line.
3. F1-F2 regroup with D2 at the opposite blue line.
4. F1-F2 continue down the ice and attack 2-0 until a goal or frozen puck.
5. F3-F4 leave from the other end and regroup with D2 then F3-F4 regroup with D1.
6. F3-F4 attack 2-1 vs. D2.
7. F5-F6, F7-F8 repeat with D3-D4.

* This sequence can be done with 1-3 F’s and 1 or 2 D.

* Make one or two touch passes and one touch shots. Shoot to score and get the rebounds.


http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20160212094517318

https://youtu.be/XnUBFjz9lF8

https://www.facebook.com/518555930/videos/pcb.688272892082511/10159336977335931


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B600 - Red-Blue-Red-Blue-Pass-Shoot - Czech U20

Key Points:

Give a target, shoot and follow the shot for a rebound, shoot to score, shoot where the goalie ain’t, shoot where the goalie is coming from and not where he is going.

Description:


A. 1 and 3 leave from diagonal blue lines and skate to the red line and back.
B. 1 and 3 skate forward around the middle circle and get a pass from 2 and 4.
C. 5 and 7 leave, skate up, back around and get passes from 6 and 8.
D. Shoot, follow the shot for a rebound and then rebound for the next shooter.

* Progression is to give and go with the next shooter or defend and play a 1 on 1.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20150816224916779

https://youtu.be/7ZvDL71djCw

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T1 - B2 - D to D and Shot Routine - Russian U20

Key Points:

Practice skating along the line and shoot with one timers or quick shots.

Description:

1. Coaches pass to the D on either side.
2. D pair take 4 shots
3. Start D1 skate inside the dots and pass to D2 who shoots while moving, D2 repeat to D1.
4. D1 next skate inside the dots and pass to D2 who continues skating and pass back to D1 who shoots.
5. Repeat coach-D2-D1-D2 and shoot from the middle.
6. Second sequence is cross and switch sides then a one timer shot.
7. Coach to D1 who skates to the other side and D2 skate behind to switch sides.
8. D1 pass to D2 who shoots from the mid-point if he is on his off-wing.
9. D2 pass back to D1 who shoots from the top of the circle if only D1 can take a one timer shot.

* If there are no coaches to pass then put pucks inside the blue line on both sides.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20150818171319102

https://youtu.be/JQevc5ijK8E

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T2-4 - D400 -Low 2-2 – 3-3 - Czech U20

Key Points:

Defenders communicate and keep their head on a swivel to always know where their man and the puck are. Play from the defensive side with the stick on the puck and body on body. The closest defender be in contact with the attacker and the second man within a stick length. On the 3-3 the third defender be halfway to the third attacker. Attackers fight to get on the offensive side and create 2-1’s.

Description:

1. Players wait for their turn above the circles.
2. Start with F1 in the corner with the puck and F2 below the goal line on the far side.
3. D1 faces F1 in the corner and D2 is in front of the net.
4. Play a 2-2 below the circles for about 20”.
5. Switch to 3-3 with F1 again starting in the corner, F2 in front and F3 in the high slot.
6. Defend man on man.
7. Closest defender tight on the puck carrier, second closest within a stick length and third halfway.
8. Defend from the net side, stick on the puck and body on body.
9. Box out and control the stick in front of the net.
10. Attackers create 2-1’s, use give and go passes, protect the puck.
11. Pass behind the net to change the point of attack.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20150819083013222

https://youtu.be/8RWPbERrN38

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T2-4 - PP vs Passive PK - PP vs Active PK

Key Points:

Move the puck quickly and go to the net for shots. Defenders challenge the attack when there is no full control. Sticks in the passing lanes.

Description:


1. Black on power play vs. Red Defenders.
2. First do a breakout while the pk waits in the zone with sticks upside down.
3. Goal, frozen puck the coach whistles and the puck is dumped down and the PP break out vs. the pk forecheck and active defense in the zone.

Every unit of 5 repeat.


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B600 2 x One Touch and Stretch Pass - Pro W

Key Points:

Skate while passing and give a target. Time skating to stay onside and accelerate when you get the puck.

Description:


A. 1 and 3 leave from diagonal blue lines, exchange passes with 2 and 4.
B. 2 and 4 pass up the boards to 5 and 7 while 1 and 3 skate for a stretch pass.
C. 5 pass to 1 and 7 pass to 3 who shoot. 2 and 4 repeat.

* Rebound, exchange passes or defend 1-1 with the next shooter.


http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?s=20150518111901483

https://youtu.be/XPuFJBRz8YQ


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T2 - B6 - 2-0 – Skate Inside Pass Outside -Shoot - Czech U20

Key Points:

Get the puck over the blue line and isolate the widest defender to break out and enter the offensive zone. Skate between the dots to the ‘big ice’ with the puck and pass wide to create space for a wide entry.

Description:

1. Line up in pairs in diagonal corners.
2. Outside player A skate between the dots and pass wide to the inside player B who crosses to ‘take the ice behind.’
3. Player B skate between the dots and pass wide to A who crosses to take the ice behind.
4. Player A enters the zone wide.
5. Player A shoot and both follow the shot for a rebound.

* Create 2-1 situations vs. the widest defender who will always protect the middle and give the outside.


http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=2015081621450759

https://youtu.be/EcPMoVP4kEM

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B202 - Regroup Progression 1-0 - 2-0 - U17

Key Points:

Attack with speed, give a target, follow the shot for a rebound, hit the net, face the puck, pass hard.

Description:

1. Start facing each other from behind the blue lines.
2. A pass to B and C pass to D.
3. A-C follow the pass then open pivot for a pass from B-D and shoot at the original end.
4. A-C follow the shot for a rebound and then rebound for C-D.
5. B-D pass to E-F and repeat the other way.
6. Change the drill so A and C skate to the boards and then across.
7. Now B pass to C and D pass to A who cut into the middle.
8. Switch to 2-0 at each end.
9. A-C pass to B-D who pass across to G-E.
10. A-C skate around the circle to the outside B-C cut through the middle after passing.
11. G pass to A and E pass to C.

* Options: after shooting, screen, rebound, give and go with next group, defend 1-1, 2-1, 2-2.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20150820111520857

https://youtu.be/HqSl4lvf5vQ


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Drill videos on YouTube

I typed in international hockey drills and it listed the drills I posted on YouTube. Google didn't bring it up but seems to list things people pay for. All of the videos are also on this site two thirds of them are written up in the Forums. Right now I am working on doing the diagrams, descriptions and putting text on the videos that aren't done yet.

I took over a U18 AAA female team three weeks ago and we start our play-offs next weekend, so we have two weeks of practice. Last night and tonight we focus on individual offensive skills and using them in games, then I am making our Sat. practice optional to give the players a free weekend if they need it. Sunday we will focus on individual defensive skills, Tuesday on team offensive skills, Thursday on team defensive skills and leave Friday after school for two games. It is a 7-8 hour bus ride so we will go about 5 hours on Friday.

The series is 3 of 5 and goes 2 games there and up to 3 games in Calgary the next weekend.

Thursday and Friday practice plans below.

Wally Kozak is mentor, Jessica Wong who played for Canada's U22 team and Haley Irwin who won two Olympic Gold's are assistants.


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T2 - Reading Middle Drive Options

We did the 3-0 Attack Options sequence and at the next practice Wally Kozak added two defensemen who varied how they defended. First the players did a rep vs. each defense and next the defenders varied whether they stood up at the blue line, challenged in the neutral zone or backed in and the players had to read the situation. We followed this with a Transition game of continuous 2-1, then 3-2 and progressed to 3-2.

1 - Defenders leave from the blue line and back up with a good gap and no stick. Read is to do Option 1.

2 - Defender stands up at the blue line with the stick upside down, so the attackers read this and do option 2 and force the D to protect the middle by skating inside the dots with the puck and forcing the defender to protect the middle then pass to the player from the middle who crosses behind to the outside.

3. Next the defenders have a stick but give up the blue line and back in. Attackers do Option 3 and the wide man with the puck skate to the middle and decide the drop to the player who takes the ice behind, shoot or pass to the player going to the net.

4. Do Option 4 when the defenders have a good gap and you want to change the point of attack.


T2 B6 3-0 Attack Options – Pro


Key Points:
Go hard to the net without the puck with the stick ready for rebounds or deflections. Stop at the net. Shoot low to the far pad to create rebounds. Attack with speed. Read whether the defense gives you the ice behind or in front of you.

Description:
1. Line up in three rows at the goal like and start with a puck from one side.
2. Pass to the middle then the far wing.

Option 1
Pass middle-wide-shoot from the wing.

Option 2
Pass middle-wide-cross inside and pass wide and enter wide then shoot from the wing.

Option 3
Read the defense has backed in. Gain the zone then cross and drop. Wide wing to the far post and middle player trail.

Option 4
Cross and drop in neutral zone and then pass to the wide wing. Middle drive and shoot.

* The next stage is to get the fourth player joining the attack.


http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=2013092315445066

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B2 - Slapshot and One Timer Progression

Key Points:

Work on the slapshot progress from static to dynamic to pressure. Transfer the weight from back to front, follow through at the target and follow the shot for a rebound. Progress from static to moving then against opposition. The second option that a lot of educators would agree with is to "Create a 'need to know' by playing a game that requires one timers and slap shots and then do 'corrective exercises' to teach the slap shot then play the game again.

Description:

We did this one at a time and not as a circuit.

1. Standing individual slap shot.
2. Skate, slap shot, rebound, shoot, pass.
3. Skate, slap, rebound, one touch x 2, leave.
4. One timer x 4 - rotate.
5. Skate, pass low, pass, one timer.
6. 1-1 defend, pass, rest game with goals only on slapshots.
7. Play three cross ice games with the rule that goals must be slapshots or one timers.
8. Play two half ice games where the defenders must get onside before attacking and goals must be one timers or slap shots.
9. Play a full ice game with the same rule.



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C6 - 1-1 x 2 Standing Start – Pro

Key Points:

Forwards use change of pace, dekes to the inside to beat the D. Defenders keep the play to the outside and the gap no more than a stick length. Tie up the attackers stick after a shot before looking for a rebound.

Description:


1. Players start from diagonal corners.
2. Forwards at the hash on the outside and defense at the top of the circle above the dot.
3. Forward attack vs. the D on the whistle.
4. D keep the F to the outside and maintain the defensive side.
5. F use speed and moves to get to the inside and offensive side.
6. If D has good position then flare back and open up to face the F when the puck is past the top of the circles.
7. D then close the gap and make contact along the boards.
8. If the F beats the D wide then build a wall to protect the puck and go to the net.
9. When D gets beat wide the turn to the inside and sprint to the near post to catch the F.

* Ideally the D learns to skate backwards with no cross-overs starting facing the boards and striding backwards.


Pro's:
http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20160307102657114

https://youtu.be/GQgbNmUW6SY

Prospects:
http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20140706173521790

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ABC Method and Player Development

Last night I ran into the goalie coach who was with me most of the time when I did the skills 3 times a week at the Edge School for Athletes. My son went there one year and played for their Prep team and I payed his tuition and fees by coaching the hockey class every M-W-F for two years.

The players came by bus and I would be waiting for them at the rink. I only knew first names and hardly saw them without their helmets on. The players were 12-13 years old which are the 'Golden Years' for learning skills. Jeff Hill was the coach but he had me plan and run the ice sessions.

Three of these players made the NHL. Two were number one picks and one was Rookie of the Year. The other player is on the small side but probably the most skilled of the three and has spent the last few seasons up and down NHL and AHL.

Earlier I coached boy's the same age and two of them made the NHL, another is small but won the Hobey Baker. Six players from that team were playing pro last season. They are 85 born.

Before that I coached another who I let come to my summer camps for free and he skated with the Korean teams that I trained most summers through the 90's. He was NHL Rookie of the Year and scored a lot of goals in his career.

Many more players over the years have played Jr. A, Major Jr., college and minor pro. A 93 born player who I coached in Austria last season won the Rookie of the Year' in the Finnish top league.

So the method I learned from Juhani Wahlsten and Vladimir Jursinov is very effective developing players, especially if the players are taught in the three or so years just before puberty.

85ers 1998 - six pro, two NHL, 4 Europe, one Hobey Baker.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/je73g7xfg67hmsw/DT100%20-%20Continous%201-1%20-%2085ers.3gp?dl=0

Skills Class - two NHL #1 drafts, one ROY and one part time NHL player.
http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?s=20080720235041115


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B202 - Luhowy Passing - U17

Key Points:

Practice all passes and incorporate balance and puck handling exercises.

Description:

1. Players face each other in groups of 2 to 4 at either end.
2. P1 skate with the puck and pass to P2.
3. Make various kinds of passes.
4. Exchange the puck on the forehand, backhand, one forward, one backward, etc..
5. Practice taking back passes, high passes, fake and pass, etc..
6. Ideally have groups of 4 players with 2 at each end for a good work/rest ratio.

* It is possible to have 6 or 7 groups working at the same time to increase reps and decrease inactivity.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20150820111518956

https://youtu.be/lLJlp747ZN4

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=7239&topic=7633#7633


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B3 - One Timer-5 Spots - Czech U20

Key Points:

Take one timers from the off-wing. Practice taking them standing still and then add skate and pass then skate backwards and shoot off the pass. Follow through at the net with both the stick blade and the outside knee.

Description:

1. Six players face each other on their off-wing side.
2. Two sets across from each other and one player shoot from the mid-point.
3. Take 4 shots and then switch and be the passer.
4. There can be more than one player shoot from the point.

* If there is a goalie then take turns, if no goalie shoot randomly at the open net.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20160315094853117

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuIk1WEaWdk

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Coaches, I have been re-organizing the hockey coaching material to eliminate repetition.

You should be able to open the drill videos on Youtube if the links from the site don't work.


Practice Video Clips on YouTube organized according to country or level. i.e. Czech, Pro, Female

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=7239&topic=7619#7619

The following links take you to the drill pdf.s. One is in alphabetical order according to our coding system and the other have them in separate folders.

ABC PDF's in Alphabetical Order – Updated

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=6978&topic=7636#7636

PDF Folders of ABC Coded Drills and Games – Dropbox
http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=6978&topic=7637#7637

All of these drills and games are posted in the Forum's on this site and the videos are in the video section. You can use the search function to find any topic and then refine the search if you get too many links.

I know most of the team are done now. The female U18 team I took over last month won our play-off 3-0 and has moved on to the Provincial Championship Tournament starting next Thursday. It is the first team I have coached in a long time with enough talent to have a 50/50 chance to win it all and move on to the Canadian championships.

It has been fun and we have had a good run so far. 8 W 1 L, 28 GF, 11 GA. I have a couple of great asst. coaches in Haley Irwin ( 2 Olympic Gold) and Jessica Wong (Canada U22 Team) and Wally Kozak is our mentor.


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Congrats Tom - good luck !! Thanks again - love the YouTube stuff -, easy access

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Thanks. Five teams make it and play each other once. Saturday there is a Bronze Medal Game between three and four and Sunday the Championship game.

So at least four and most likely five game in either three or four days.

We role four lines and three sets of D pretty equally, so our team is built for this type of tournament. It will be a tournament of attrition. Best goalkeeping, least penalties, best playing habits and overall conditioning should win out.

It will be fun.

Let the games begin.

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T2-4 – D100 – BO-RG-Attack 5-5 - U20

Key Points:

Practice team play using this breakout, attack, defend sequence. Any game situation can be practiced and either carry or dump the puck in to practice various scenarios.

Description:

1. Forwards start at the red line and the defensemen at the far blue line.
2. Forwards skate back to the far blue line, defense to red line and coach dump the puck in.
3. Breakout of the zone and pass the puck to the opposition waiting behind the red line.
4. Attack 5-5 vs. the original group of five.
5. On a goal, frozen puck or successful breakout pass the puck to the coach.
6. Coach dump the puck in for the next unit to breakout then defend.

* This sequence can be used to practice game situations from 3-3 to 6-5.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20150819081216876

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